Author: Hal Gordon Brown

12 Nov

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Earlier today, we posted about Newton Raynor, Class of 1926. We have learned that Newton had a gift of sketching.   Here is one from his high school days...

19:31 / Sayville History Splash
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11 Nov

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]In celebration of Veterans today, our Class of 1979 Brigadier General (Retired), US Army -- Richard K. Sele, has prepared a very interesting photo article; "Veterans Day in...

09:37 / Sayville History Splash
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10 Nov

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Leigh-Manuell family announces with great sadness the loss of George E. Leigh-Manuell, Class of 1946 on November 9, 2020. George, who lived in Daytona Beach, Florida spent...

07:34 / Alumni Posts
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09 Nov

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you haven't seen it yet, please come see Tom McMahon's tribute to 2d Lt. Florence Berniece (Logan) Evans, Class of 1935. Please remember Veteran's Day and watch...

11:47 / Alumni Posts
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06 Nov

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Click the photo below to start jig-saw puzzle" font_container="tag:h2|font_size:40|text_align:left"][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image="8752" img_size="full" style="vc_box_border" onclick="custom_link" qode_css_animation="" link="https://jigex.com/2wHD"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

12:14 / Alumni Posts
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06 Nov

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Following -up on Christine Pensebane's terrific contributions to the Bakelaar family history, here is the news account published in the Suffolk County News concerning the terrible fatal accidental...

10:06 / History Mystery
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04 Nov

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_single_image source="external_link" external_style="vc_box_border" onclick="img_link_large" qode_css_animation="" custom_src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/cSxH1JoVlSlukSs5fannWQGHbo8lSMKDKifuCXcATlU4tTUTGWrwpHJL6qIUA0RhDeaKisRBX2PBrTs9hv1ZORHg4cehsfcasV4rDLKcEihMq6XoFmUpZUI1e-uVoddS2inhAQkGM4Q=w2400"][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/6" css=".vc_custom_1604582016649{background-color: #ffc6d5 !important;}"][vc_column_text]TODAY’S HISTORY MYSTERY We have a terrific old photograph and are taking...

17:37 / History Mystery / Sayville History Splash
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31 Oct

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]https://sayvillealumni.org/endless-waves-remembrances-of-sayville-alumni-isaac-henry-ike-green-architect-of-old-88/[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

13:24 / Sayville History Splash
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28 Oct

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Thanks to a tip, we have been able to establish a memorial page and add Madlyn (Fitzgerald) Eleazer, Class of 1938 to our birthday remembrance calendar. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/217776154/madlyn-h.-eleazer [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

11:58 / Alumni Posts
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28 Oct

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Following-up on the previous post about the Sayville Suffrage Club, here is a clipping from 105 years ago. Click the link below to view the entire page/article. The Suffolk County...

11:30 / Sayville History Splash
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28 Oct

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Jumping from our usual focus of Sayville Alumni as we rapidly approach election day, did you know that Sayville had it's own women's suffrage movement?  It was called...

11:09 / Sayville History Splash
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27 Oct

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sadly, we believe that now, all of the members of the Class of 1938 are now deceased.   The below people are not currently in our annual birthday calendar...

13:25 / Sayville History Splash
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27 Oct

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Our history splash today is really more than a splash.  It's many Great South Bay waves!    While researching some of the Swettman family alumni, I found...

12:44 / Sayville History Splash
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26 Oct

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]We love to hear great news about SHS Graduates!  Bobby Danzi, Class of 2014. Bobby Danzi is a 2014 Sayville Grad. He attended and graduated from the Berklee College...

14:30 / Sayville History Splash
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26 Oct

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]After an extensive search of basements, nooks & crannies, John Belmonte and crew successfully located the 1926 SHS dedication plaque! Take a look at all the familiar names...

13:59 / Alumni Posts
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